Clothesline and locking clothespin therefor



W. R. DERR. CLOTHESLINE AND LOCKING CLOTHESPIN THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.19

Patented Oct. 24, 1922.

T MW W W INVEINTORI A TTORNE Y To all whom itmay concem i i easier. on, net nns,

Twinri'aiu a nea, or new voisn, NY. 7 I a i i I! criornnsnrnn we Loonrne- ,GLOTHESPIN rneutron.

lipplicationlfiled November 19, 1921. Serial No. v 16,2535.

acitiz en ofthe United States and a resident 1 otthe cityyoounty and State of New York,

-This invention relates to clotheslines for supporting clothes so that they maybe dried in exposed position intheyopen air, and

particularlyto clothes supporting devices provided;"with irneans for and wlnchgare adapted for a locking the clothes upon the clothesline in a secure and positive i na'nner, to 1 thereby prevent unauthor zed persons from removing the yclothes from [the sup:

porting device, as ,irequently 1 happens when fipersons other than the owner have access to; l the house top; Iot yard or other {space where; the clothes arehung outiin theiopen air to dry. 1

a use upon roois orwareaways of apartji'nent houses, as ,it provides clothes hanging dev1cewhere1n and by the use ofwwhich each individual, occupant is enabled to hanp; out

a hisiclothes afternwashing, andito look he r] securely upon a hne whlle and until they become dry by exposure, to the atmosphere.

The object oitniy invention is to provide 1 a The inventio an improved clothes su iiportin'g and loclr j ing-g device of the type above referred to a nd ing,wl1ich a plurality ot pairs of spring. pressed clasping j aws; are employed to hold the rclothesupon the clothesline Which is entirely separate from theholding and locking elements.

the clothes supporting and locking i device iionwhioh LettersPatent was granted to me view in making this present invention WVEES toprovldea more simple and: secure loching device and'one which couldbe manufactured, installed, and kept in proper opera tion with less attention than intho case of a the device to which thepatent above rel erred to relates,

g Further objects of my invention as disclosedherein are to provlde var ous IIDDI'OYG: ments in and relating to the looking elee inentsand mechanism wherebythe clasping My invention is particularly adapted n: to which this present ap: plication relates is an mprovement upon jaws of locking members are locked closed and to otherwise improve upon and enhance the general eiiiciency of locking clothes supporting devices of thegeneral class or type to which my invention relates.

My improved clothes supporting and loclr t5 device is illustrated in the preferred form in the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification; although it will be appreciated the embodiment thereof illustrated may be modified in various ways, and that my invention includesall such variationsandnloditications of the pa rticular embodiment thereol illustrated and herein described as coine withinjthe scope of the concluding claims wherein the teatures wherein my invention consists are particularlypointed out. i a

v lathe drawing accompanying and form-- ing a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a view showing my improved clothes supporting and locking device in stalled andin use; Fig. 2 is aside elevation partlybroken away and partly in section Oil my improved clothespin or clasping neinber; Fin". 3 is a sectional view on the line llll llll of Fig. 2; 4 is a sectional view similar toliig. 3', but with some oil' the parts in a different position; Figois asectional view onjthe line X -V of epFigo 6 is a. sectional viewon the line Vle- VlotFigB; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view of a detail of my invention.

Referring now to the drawing, the re terence numerals 8 and 9 designatetwo upright end posts; or equivalent supports to which thje ends of theclotheslin'e 10 are secured and 1 1 ldesignate a suitable supporting member extending parallel with and located adjacent the clothesline 10 so that clothes hung upon the line may be locked thereupon by clothespins carried by the supporting 1ne1nben and comprising pairs of coo 'ierating sprlng closeclclasp1ng aws adapted to on gape theclothes as illustrated inlFig. 1.

i The clothespins or clasping members are mounted on the support 11 so as to be freely movablelongitudinally thereof so that they maybe moved to accommodate clothes of diifferent length. The clothespins are Cl5Signated as a whole by 12 and the. constimction is shown in Figso2 to 6 inclusive. a EflCll ClOllhQSPlIl consists p rlnclpally ot a pair of cooperating clasp1ngjaws13 and 1-1:

pivotally connected by pin 15 extending through their overlapping sides and having engaging lower ends 16 which'engage the clothes and hold them securely'upon the clothesline 10; said jaws being substantially channel shape in cross section andarranged one within the other with their side walls 17 and 18 close together and overlapping;

one another throughout their entire length;

thus providing a hollow box like structure:

having double side and end walls overlapplng one another throughout the greater part ottheir areas when the pin is closed and locked l r In order: to support" the clothespin. upon the support 11 an'drender itmfreelv movable thereon, each side wall 18' ot" the pin is formed withan orifice'lt) into whichthesup-- port ll iseinserted and the side walls 17 are tormed with acut away portion 20 sothat jaw 13 may be turned on pivot pin inorder that clothesmay be insertedand 1th-- drawn fromthe'jaws of the pin.

In order to lock the pin closed after it embraces one end of the clothes as shown in Fig. 1 a locking' bar 21 is provided. This bar is-pivota'lly: attached at one; end to one end of'a bar'22, which bar is pivoted at "23 on post 8; the other end of: the lock-ing'bar is' pivotedtosone endoft-helocking lever 24:

pivoted at 25 on post 9; I'nterrnediate the ends of" the locking bar are located spacing bars 26, as'trequently as desired;

locking lever 24 on itspivot 25 will cause locking bar 21 to rise and fall vertically.

Locking bar 21 is'positioned' between an upper 27' and alower 28'extended shoulder Of the 'pin 12: These shoulders arecarried by the: shoulder'slide29, so that when the lockingbar ,israised the slide 29- is raised and abuts locking cam 30 by pin 37 pivoted onj aw ldand moves and holds-itin" the position showninFig; 3 whereby the end bears againstthe' end of the ja-w12 thereby preventingmovement ofja'w 12' on pivot-pin" 15' and thereby locking theclothes' onthe line.

In order to unloclt jaw '12 the locking bar" 21 islowered by lockinglever Q t a-nd shoulder slide-29is lowered to the position shown in Fig. 4 wherein the locltingcam i'sshown projected-into a'slot 31 formed in the'slide Thesespacingbars are ofthe same length asbar' QQ'a'nd'are attached pivotal-1y both toll and. 21. It will be'evidentthata movement of lower ends except when pressure is manually applied at the upper end of the pin to open it.

As shown in detail by Fig. 7, a pin 33 is passed through post 0 and the leveni ttwhen in locking position as shown in Fig. 7, and thenita. padlock as 3e, Fig. 1, is inserted in hole 35 in pin 33, all of the clothespins will be locked and the clothes engaged thereby be held securely so that only one having a-key to the padlock may unlock the pins and remove the clothes.

In order to hold the shoulder slide=29 from moving outwardly it is confined by extensions-36, best shown in Fig; 5 of jaw 14;

Although I have particularly described the construction of-on'e physicalembodiment oi -my invention, and explained the operation and principle thereof; nevertheless, I desire to have it understood that the form selected is inerely illustrative, but does not exhaust the possible physical embodiments of the idea of means underlyingmy invention.

hat I claim as new and desire to-secure by Letters- Patent of the United States, 13:

1". In aclothes-locking device of the class described, in combination: a suitable support; a plurality of clothespins, each comprising two cooperating clasping jaws, one ofwhich is formed with an orifice through which said support passes, and which jaws are pivotally connected together; aspring acting to close said jaws; a locking cam adapted to lock said jaws closed; apreciprocatable-locking bar for operating said cam and means for locking said locking bar.

2. In a elotheslocking device, in combine tion: an extended support;twocooperuting clasping j aws pivotally connected and move ble on said pivot toclasp and unclasp, one

of said clasping jaws formed with an orifice through which said support extends for supportingsuid jaws; a locking cam supported by one-of'said jaws; means for forcing'said cam into engagement with the other jaw soa s to= lock the jaws closed and means whereby the last named means may be locked;

3. In a clothes locking device, in combination: an extended support; a clothespin, ineluding two cooperating clasping jaws pivotally connected whereby the jaws ma be opened and closed and may secure am release objects, and one of the jawsformed with an orifice through which the support extends; a locking cam pivotally connected to'the said one of the jaws; an apertured slide bearing against the cam; means for operating the slide whereby the cam is moved into and released from engagement with the other j aw'and means whereby the last named means may be locked.

4. In a clothes locking device, in combination: an extended support; a pluralityof clothespins, each including two cooperating clasping jaws pivotully connected whereby the jaws may be'opened and closedand may lywi th the shoulders of all the pine for operztting the slide whereby the cam of each pin is moved into and released from engagement 10 with the other jaw of each pin and means for locking the last named means,

WILLIAM R. DEER; 

